After Stalingrad

Seven Years as a Soviet Prisoner of War

Adelbert Toll

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Pen & Sword Military
01 December 2019

Memoirs; Second World War; Prisoners of war

The battle for Stalingrad has been studied and recalled in exhaustive detail ever since the Red Army trapped the German 6th Army in the ruined city in 1942. Graphic first-hand accounts of the fighting have been published by soldiers of all ranks on both sides, so we have today an extraordinarily precise picture of the grim experience of the struggle from the individual's viewpoint. But most of these accounts finish at the end of the battle, with columns of tens of thousands of German soldiers disappearing into Soviet captivity. Their fate is rarely described. That is why Adelbert Holl's harrowing and vivid memoir of his seven-year ordeal as a prisoner in the Soviet camps is such an important record as well as an absorbing story.

AUTHOR: Adelbert Holl fought as an infantryman in the German 6th Army at Stalingrad during the protracted battle for the city. He was taken prisoner when the Germans surrendered and spent the next seven years in Soviet prison camps. In 1950 he was repatriated to Germany. In two outstanding volumes of memoirs - Ais Infanterist in Stalingrad and Was Geschahnach Stalingrad? - he recorded his experiences as a soldier and a prisoner of war. Translator During many years working in several senior official positions in Berlin - including spells as provost marshal and British governor of Spandau prison - Tony Le Tissier accumulated a vast knowledge of the Second World War on the Eastern Front. He has published a series of outstanding books on the subject including The Battle of Berlin 1945, Zhukov at the Oder, Race For the Reichstag, Berlin Battlefield Guide and The Siege of K strin 1945. He has also translated Prussian Apocalypse: The Fall of Danzig 1945, Soviet Conquest: Berlin 1945 and With Paulus at Stalingrad.

By: Adelbert Toll
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781526761194
ISBN 10: 152676119X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 December 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Adelbert Holl fought as an infantryman in the German 6th Army at Stalingrad during the protracted battle for the city. He was taken prisoner when the Germans surrendered and spent the next seven years in Soviet prison camps. In 1950 he was repatriated to Germany. In two outstanding volumes of memoirs - Ais Infanterist in Stalingrad and Was Geschahnach Stalingrad? - he recorded his experiences as a soldier and a prisoner of war. Translator During many years working in several senior official positions in Berlin - including spells as provost marshal and British governor of Spandau prison - Tony Le Tissier accumulated a vast knowledge of the Second World War on the Eastern Front. He has published a series of outstanding books on the subject including The Battle of Berlin 1945, Zhukov at the Oder, Race For the Reichstag, Berlin Battlefield Guide and The Siege of K strin 1945. He has also translated Prussian Apocalypse: The Fall of Danzig 1945, Soviet Conquest: Berlin 1945 and With Paulus at Stalingrad.

Reviews for After Stalingrad: Seven Years as a Soviet Prisoner of War

Much has been written about the battle of Stalingrad with most accounts finishing as German troops surrendered themselves to Russian forces in early 1943. Adelbert Holl's account begins in his last desperate hours before the surrender he and his comrades huddled together in their bunker preparing for an uncertain future... --Neil Barlow GD Aufklarung This series will be of equal interest to people who love reading about local history, and to the people of Alnwick as they learn about their townsfolk and how they coped during the Great War. The series should win an award --Books Monthly